svanuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svьnǫti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwístei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋǎnuti/
• Hyphenation: sva‧nu‧ti

Verb

svànuti pf (Cyrillic spelling сва̀нути)

1. to dawn (begin to brighten with daylight)

Conjugation

Conjugation of svanuti

Infinitive: svanuti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: svànūvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		svanem	svaneš	svane	svanemo	svanete	svanu
Future	Future I	svanut ću1 svanuću	svanut ćeš1 svanućeš	svanut će1 svanuće	svanut ćemo1 svanućemo	svanut ćete1 svanućete	svanut će1 svanuće
	Future II	bȕdēm svanuo2	bȕdēš svanuo2	bȕdē svanuo2	bȕdēmo svanuli2	bȕdēte svanuli2	bȕdū svanuli2
Past	Perfect	svanuo sam2	svanuo si2	svanuo je2	svanuli smo2	svanuli ste2	svanuli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam svanuo2	bȉo si svanuo2	bȉo je svanuo2	bíli smo svanuli2	bíli ste svanuli2	bíli su svanuli2
	Aorist	svanuh	svanu	svanu	svanusmo	svanuste	svanuše
Conditional I		svanuo bih2	svanuo bi2	svanuo bi2	svanuli bismo2	svanuli biste2	svanuli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih svanuo2	bȉo bi svanuo2	bȉo bi svanuo2	bíli bismo svanuli2	bíli biste svanuli2	bíli bi svanuli2
Imperative		—	svani	—	svanimo	svanite	—
Active past participle		svanuo m / svanula f / svanulo n			svanuli m / svanule f / svanula n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. 2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively. 3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. 4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.   *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

• osvànuti
• prosvànuti

Related terms

• svȉtati impf